Garrett Johnston

Garrett Johnston focuses his practice on private equity and corporate transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, securities matters, and other corporate matters.

He regularly advises private equity funds, institutional investors, independent sponsors, family offices, entrepreneurs and strategic acquirors on leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, divestitures, recapitalizations, joint ventures, and securities transactions, including mezzanine, minority, and venture capital investments.

Garrett also assists portfolio companies and other privately held businesses with debt and equity financings, corporate governance and compliance matters, and businesses and individuals with employment and equity incentive matters.

His experience spans a wide variety of industries, including technology, business services, industrials, energy, and healthcare. He has practiced in New York and Houston.

• Representation of an investment fund in formation of a new insurance company and acquisition of minority investment in existing insurance company.
• Representation of a private equity-backed striping, roadwork and infrastructure company in simultaneous add-acquisitions of road safety companies.
• Representation of an independent sponsor in a majority recapitalization of an educational technology company.
• Representation in the formation of a joint venture lumber distribution business.
• Representation of a management team in the formation of a private-equity backed battery storage venture.
• Representation of a private equity-backed company in its sale of its electronics manufacturing services division to a UK-based company.
• Representation of a private equity-backed industrial services company in add-on acquisition of industrial inspection and testing service company.
• Representation of a private equity fund in its majority recapitalization of a vegetation management company.
• Representation of a private equity-backed medical imaging company in its sale to a private equity fund.
• Representation of a private equity-backed home health services company in its sale to a private equity fund.